Bama fans - Dothan, Al?

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- Quality of life

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Bad

You're just downwind of the Barn. Quality of life is therefore affected. Not much there.

Don't do it man

Golfing is nice

I remember playing the future masters there a couple times at the RTJGT (one of my favorite on the trail) and Dothan country club

Lived there until I was 18. My parents just moved away from there 4 or 5 years ago.

It wasn't a bad place to live, but it sucked not being near a interstate. It is about 80 or 90 miles to Panama City Beach. As far as golf courses there was the Robert Trent Jones course which was nice. There was also the Olympia Spa course, but I think it is called something else now. Those were the main two in Dothan. There might be more now. Population in the city is probably around 60 to 70k. I enjoyed growing up there. Shopping isn't bad, but just don't try to compare it to a big city although it was pretty good for a smaller city.

I spent alot of time in Dothan while at Fort Rucker. The city is changing and growing. The 231 corridor headed north out of the city in particular. As far as quality of life is concerned, I was an Army LT and CPT while there and that salary (sub 60k)could live quite comfortably there. The bypass (if you want to call it that) around the city is known as the Ross Clark Circle and you will quickly learn to hate it. The RTJ course is very nice.

Its about 1 1/2 hours from Panama City, 2 hours from Tallahassee FL, and about 3 hours from Birmingham. The area is called the Wiregrass region, some people even call it UCLA - for the ugly corner of lower Alabama.

They have a peanut festival every November that is absolutely huge.

If you are from NC, its probably a smaller Fayetteville type of city as far as population.

If the restaurant is still open, you must try Conestoga steak house. Its a local favorite and is pretty damn good.

If you are familiar with the ATPB thread on here, the good Mr. Gilley has done alot in that area. Country Crossings is just down the road. I have no idea what the status of that place is now. There are plans in the works to turn that area into a mini Branson, Mo. BamaJam country music festival is up the road in Enterprise and believe it or not, is a pretty big deal.

I wonder if the Dothan COC would be pleased with my efforts here?

Good luck.

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Guys I will be interviewing for a position that is located in Dothan. Can someone give me insight about the area.
- How close to the beach
- Golf courses
- Population
- Quality of life
- ill you burn my Tiger draped vehicle lol.

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I have lived in Dothan before.

1. About 1.5 - 2hrs to the Panama City Beach area

2. Golfing is probably the best thing about the city if that is what you are into. For a city of its size the golfing is great. The Highlands is a very nice course and has hosted several major tournaments. Also many other courses if you are on a budget.

3. Population is about 65,000 or so in city, 100,000 in the county, 200,000 in the metro area/counties surrounding it. It is essentially the hub city of SE AL, NW Florida, and SW Georgia. If you want to go shopping, etc in that area, you go to Dothan.

4. Quality of life depends on your age. If you are young and single, you will probably hate it. There is not much to do or join for that age group if you are educated. If you are more into outdoors like fishing and hunting it is great for that. If you are married and have kids or are planning on it, it is an excellent city. Safe neighborhoods in most any price range and first class municipal baseball/football/soccer facilities for the kids to get involved with.

As you can imagine with any moderately sized town in the deep south that is not a college town, you are talking very conservative politically and socially. Mostly Southern Baptist and that will take getting used to if you are a Louisiana Catholic. The culture is different. There is only one Catholic church in the entire region (although it is nice and fairly large).

It is about 50/50 AU and Alabama fans with a few UGA, FSU and Florida fans scattered. I can almost promise you there will be no LSU alumni association.

Hope that helps.

The whole town smells like fried food and everything in town shuts down at like 8pm. There are some nicer homes outside of town around the golf course, but as far as overall nice areas, it is lacking. Has pretty much every chain restaurant you can think of but only has a decent local steak place and a halfway decent seafood/oyster place. There's a few milfs working for the hospital, but the women in the town are nothing to be excited about.

You going work for sony or something?

hell on earth.

redneck armpit of alabama.